Sign-letter.



H. w. PIGGOT.

SIGN LETTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1909 WITNESSES.

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Be it known t at l Hrnnr -W- Precast itizen of he United St tes, d. m s ar da eeunty of Westehe ten'end t m of New Y ork, have invented anew and usefu In; ro em nt in s gwll tt rs, t whi thefolihwingi 'a des rip io This nvention re ates. to advert sing media, and partieul r yftosig letters W i m ye sed in arious ays, a ar mp eaenii sideend'outs de 1 rs, en windoW and'on outdoor signs.

. Ob'eet of my invention are: to produce a simple, cheap and ornamental sign-letter,

which can be quickly applied to a-grven sur- "fare i h r-twe 0. be kon; to p o lde a. l t, fle ibl s ..-l tter which e f p cked n l rge n m e a in mallsempa si l the above obje s i iem'g nd othe s which w l he 'd selese der de the co se of th de ip on, my invent on cons t i the features, elements and combinat ons I he ein fter des ed and h m ri- In th drawings fn min part of this specification: Figure 1 is at en View showing a signl etter embodying and illustrating m'yinvention; and Fig. 2 is a sectlon on the line'2- 2 of Fig. 1, the fi I much enlarged certain eatures accenture ba lag t'e y ated.

a sign-letter orexarnp'le, certain essential ste s are performed,as follows: Primarily,

- y a oundation material l', is provided which is light, flexible,'or. which can be made flexible,'-'-and capable of "bein" rendered lutinous or: tacky by the app icationof heat, moistureor both. Preferably, sheet- I I glue is employed .for the foundation Inateria'l, the surface of which, as the next step,

,"maybe rendered tacky along certain prede- Itermiriedllines,'in ;,the far -es ay given 1. character' ljb Y the apfilication *o'fgheat, or j moisture, oroth,"as ma Za'be' requiredby the .lininedlinest'of cially if the, adhesiyesubst-ance is applied V or; other mean performech t *surffiii vmaterial 1 material used along the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 29, 19 09. Serial No. 486,529.

, tlgere e ster isthe l-1. 1 3 .In producin the advertising mediums, or

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or the surface of the foundation materialis endered ta y a amp o die as at as shown i l e. 2, re, els the a he i e feq o mat ri l is ind ca d y 2- T View S QWS' this feature of my invention purp se y ma gn t ed'in order t e t m ay .be t a y und rs a The n x S p 15 to apply, to the adhesive surface pro- 41 0 9 he oi 94 anu r, of p d substance, which can e applied by a brush, sprinkled or blown-on according to the material, this substance being indicated in the drawings at Whatever'the substance, the

surface of the article will be rendered ornamental thereby and can be beautified and made very showy, according to the material or substance ern loyed. The substance 3, thus applled, is a' lowed to dry, or, to facilitateth1s operation, the surface may be dried 'by blowing) airthereon. The next st e is to cut from t e material the particular 0 aractler imPIQSSed or outlinedthercon, and this may-be done by a die or shears. In cutting t he hara er,- ee sh u be ke t 3 leave a marg'malspace or line of the founla ion ma er a as nd cat d a oun 'th haraete so as to ep b e t e 'h r e t .es r fl- ..e

t .be eppl' facerc chara te are an Lope r nger ,een ng t 9. ginal line or space 4 will also be'left around the same; This space or line becomes ornamental, aswell as useful, willbe readily understood. '-The entire surfacel'is cleaned up with a soft brush or cloth, so as to leave the character clea nand' clearly outlined.

The. character produced according to the foregoing inethod or-process can be applied, by its back,- to an .surface,-smooth or 'rou h,by soaking e'sarne in water for a su cient periodto bring out its adhesive quality and this without affecting, in any manner, theornamental surface, which, by application of the leaf, foil stance, becomes substantially waterproof or impervious to moisture. Byireason of the facial outlines 4 of the character, due'to or granular subleavin the sufficient margin asbefore dethe same can-be thus moistening the same.

-Difi'erent effects can be obtained b using opaque, transparent or translucent ounda applied face-on by outline or border beyond the ornamental material applied for outline of the character;

and by cutting the material around the character in irregular manner, light and shade effects can be produced.

In producing certainfeatures of the an tiele, a stencil may be employed and laid on the foundation material, and leaf or powdered substance applied to the foundation material through the openings in the stencil, the surface of the foundation material having been rendered adhesive according to the method already outlined. After thus using the stencil, the character will be cut out as described so as to leave a margin all around the character, if desired, or only in such laces as to produce the light and shade efi dcts. The character may be cut out without leaving the margin or border, in which case the character can be applied only by its back, as previously described. v

The article or advertising mediums thus produced has, essentially, the characteristics and consists essentially of the materials as follows: (1) a foundation material which can be rendered adhesive or tacky for two purposes, viz., to apply it either back-ion or face-on and to enable another substance to be appliedthereto; (2) the surface, in the outline; of the predetermined character,'of

the foundation -material is somewhat de-,

pressed; (3) on this depressed portion the ornamental material is imposed; and .(4) thecharacter is cut out or produced in a ing the article or mediums capable of being applied face-on, if desired, and at the: same time givingcharacter and an ornamental appearance to the mediums or device.

. substanceis applied and the ornamental substance 1s imposed thereon, the combinedmaterialsbecome substantially flush with the surface of the said outlines 4, thus making itpossible to apply the character or mediums face-on without wrinkling or bulging the same, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention,

what ,I claim and desire t'o secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An advertising device comprising-1a.!

flexible foundationmaterial com osed ofa substance which can be rendere adhesive, said mateiual having a character of ornamental material secured thereto so as to leave a border of the foundationmaterial all around, whereby the device can be applied to a given surface either face-on or back-on. 2. An advertising device comprising a flexible foundation material composed of a substance which can be rendered adhesive,

said material having a character of orna-. mental material impressedupon its surface and fixed thereto byadhesive substance, the i said character being substantially flush with the surface of said material, substantially as described. v v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twov subscribing witnesses.

' Witnesses:

CHAS. MOO. CHAPMAN, M. HERsKovrrz.

HENRY w. Piooo r'f 

